may-akda : Saeryen
pinagmulan : fanfiction.net
Author's Summary : A few years after the double wedding in which Princess Anneliese of Kattenland and her look-alike, Erika, each married the ones they loved, King Dominick's ambassador has become disillusioned with the fact that his reyna was born a peasant. He seeks out Preminger, now imprisoned in Kattenland's dungeon, and asks for his help in seizing Dulcinea.
Chapter : 12/12
Disclaimer : None of this belongs to me. The characters are owned sa pamamagitan ng mattel and the plot is owned sa pamamagitan ng the author.

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Chapter 12

Erika hooked Fleur up to a carriage as Anneliese, Madame Carp, and all the Pusa piled in.

The tracks from King Dominick's carriage were still visible. Newer were what looked like two sets of hoofprints. She supposed that the newer set of hoofprints must belong to a horse that Bismarck mounted.

Erika sat herself in the driver's upuan of the carriage.

"Follow those tracks!" she told Fleur. "And quickly!"

The white horse picked up speed. Soon, she was going so fast that Erika was clinging onto the reins. She heard Madame pamumula say, "Really!"

Soon, she saw a fat figure in the distance. It had a reddish color to it.

"After him!" Erika urged the horse.

Fleur was now hot on Bismarck's trail. Even further ahead, Erika could see another lone horse which had to belong to Preminger. She could not see the other carriage at all, and now she had to squint to see Bismarck, as the sun was rising higher and higher in the sky. Erika was surprised sa pamamagitan ng this; in her chase she had completely Nawawala track of time.

Just then, she heard the clop-clop of hooves behind her. Before she could turn, Erika heard the jumble of frightened barks and meows (coupled with Madame Carp's annoyed growls). She soon heard Anneliese scream very loudly, loud enough to be heard above the sound of the fast-moving horses.

"ERIKA! LOOK OUT! NICK AND NACK ARE AFTER US!"

Erika egged the horse on still faster. She couldn't let them catch her and her friends!

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Suddenly, Ambassador Bismarck's horse skidded to stop. Erika egged Fleur on. Panting, the horse raced toward a beautiful valley, surrounded sa pamamagitan ng trees. Bismarck, Preminger, Midas, Dominick and Julian were all standing sa pamamagitan ng the side of a shining lake, along with the horses and carriage.

Finally, Fleur stopped. Erika leapt off the driver's seat, exhausted, and the carriage's occupants all stepped out.

"You traitor!" Preminger accused Ambassador Bismarck. "How could you and that idiot who dares call himself a king team up to do that to Erika?!"

Dominick began to protest, but Bismarck interrupted him.

"I haven't done a thing, you criminal!" he retorted. "I know for a fact that you and the King hid her in the Kattenland Mine, and –"

He suddenly stopped when he saw Erika. His eyes were wide with shock.

"What – how did you –"

Two madami horses skidded to a halt, dismounted sa pamamagitan ng Nick and Nack.

"TRAITORS!" Preminger yelled at the two men. "You'll pay for –"

"Save it, Preminger!" Anneliese said.

Dominick looked around at the two girls, dressmaker, men, and cats.

"What is going on?" he asked. "Erika, what are you doing here? I told you to –"

"Your Majesty," sinabi Anneliese, "Ambassador Bismarck betrayed you. He and Preminger came up with a plan. They kidnapped Erika and me."

Dominick gasped. Then an extremely angry expression appeared on his face.

"I should have known!" he spat. "What with your lies and sending me to kingdoms where I wasn't needed! Guard!"

The guard driving his carriage grabbed Bismarck's hands behind his back.

"Take him straight to the dungeon!" Dominick said, his voice full of fury.

The guard shoved Bismarck in the carriage, firmly locked the door, and told the horse to go back to the palace. The carriage sped away.

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Preminger, Nick, Nack, and Midas just stood there, all shocked sa pamamagitan ng what had just happened.

"Your…Majesty," sinabi Preminger with a sly grin, "could you possibly forgive me?"

Dominick continued to stare angrily, this time at Preminger.

"Hold it," sinabi Erika. "Let me handle this. I know the perfect job for these rogues."

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It came as quite a shock to Bertie and to Kattenland's reyna Genevieve that Madame pamumula had managed to open a new shop, this time in Dulcinia. However, one could hardly feel sorry for the people who now had to work there every day. Unlike Wolfie, Midas could not figure out how to sneak in and out, and Preminger thought his days in the Katten dungeons were nothing compared to knitting stupid dresses endlessly. On tuktok of that, whenever Nick or Nack did a horrible job (which was almost everything they sewed), he was expected to fix it. Madame pamumula had told them something about a "redemption debt" or some such nonsense, but Preminger didn't believe he was ever going to pay the whole thing off. Somehow, Madame pamumula would bring up some other misdeed he had done (by now, he was quite sure she was making things up) and adding extra "interest" because of it.

Bertie herself had become much madami than a handmaiden. She was now King Dominick's new ambassador, and she was helped out sa pamamagitan ng two feline mga kaibigan called Melissa and Tigger, who Dominick had named "the cleverest, most deserving Pusa in Dulcinia".

The susunod time Erika came to Kattenland, which was not long after, Anneliese was delighted to hear that she was now expecting a child. Misha, who was still a baby, still couldn't tell the difference between Erika and Anneliese, so she had come to the conclusion that sometimes her mother's pag-awit voice sounded like a bright sun, and other times it sounded like silk, like it had most of the time.

And they all…well, you know how that story goes.

The End

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